 | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • ...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic...Mineral Resources Index No. I (Rand, 1957) and Maine Mines and Minerals, a field guide by Phillip Morrill...(1958). Mining History Feldspar mining began in Maine at Topsham in the mid dle of the nineteenth century |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ConneMaine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield...plagioclase, orthoclase(?), black tourmaline, garnet (almandine?), muscovite, biotite, and columbite (Navias and...here as individual twinned Chrysoberyl, Topsham, Maine. The crystal similarity to the chrysoberyl from...1884. .i • Chrysoberyl, Porcupine Hill, Topsham, Maine. Specimen is an untwinned crystal 3 inches long...chrysoberyl in quartz, Wisdom Ranch prospect, Larimer County, Colorado. Crystal is VA by VA by 1/8 inches. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite...409 Allanite-(Ce), 409 Alluaudite group, 234 Almandine, 175, 188, 409 Amethyst, 420 Analcime, 155 Anatase...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated... , book review, The Tourma line, 453 Berkeley Quarry, Cross, South Carolina, J . J . Howe, 240 Bertrandite...Burbank, B . B . , Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine, 434 Calaverite, 190 Calcite, 81, 112, 155, 190 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...River Falls from 1969 to 1986. Coarse crystalline almandine, talc, magnetite, and various amphiboles came...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4 sec. 36 T*20N*R |  | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia...to visit in the summer. winter comfortable in Maine or Montana. In hot is more comfortable morning |  | | Journal (issue) | | Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands...CHAIRPERSONS Auditing William J. Trost Field Trip Warren Cummings Historical John L. Baum Mineral Exchange Richard...Occurrence at Hamburg Quarry: A Bancroft Terrane Style Vein-Dike? Warren Cummings .......................Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands...permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area. Fees for mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabandite, 135 Albite, 220, 285 Alleghanyite, 132 Almandine, 266 Amblygonite, 220 Analcime, 98, 215 Andalusite...Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W. B . Sim mons, Jr., 130 Barite...Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...Bridge, New York, 288 Charlesite, 238 Chips from the Quarry, 4, 108, 156, 212, 261 Chlorite, 159 Chondrodite...Coquimbite, 180 Corundum, 238 Cummings, W., Mineralization at the Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 213 Currier |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry: dolomite, barite, strontianite;...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | simply as being from New York, New York. In 1967 almandine crystals in biotite schist were discovered in...soft, decomposed schist about 15 cm wide. A fine almandine crystal was collected in May 1970 by Dietmar Stitz...Meadowlands, where it was accessible to collecting. The almandine crystal is opaque reddishbrown, measures 55 mm...schist studded with small, black to dark red almandine crystals to 9 mm ROCKS & MINERALS 4. 204-243_RM...22156B. across. Also on Staten Island, dark red almandine crystals to 20 mm across were found in the 1960s |  | Lupulescu, Marian V., Bailey, David G., Hawkins, Michael, Carl, James D., Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R. (2014) The Benson Mines, St. Lawrence County, New York: History of the Discovery, Mining, and Mineralogy of the Deposit. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (2) 118-131 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.865431 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 16:34 01 January 2015 Benson Mines St. Lawrence County, New York B ENSON MINES is a Grenville-aged (about...located in the Adirondack Mountains, St. Lawrence County, New York. It was mined as an open pit that grew...Upon reaching the southwest part of St. Lawrence County en route to Canton, the surveyors noted that their...twelve miles, in the town of Chaumont, St. Lawrence County, at a place called Little River, a vein of the...Stage Pegmatitic Stage Almandine Albite Anatase* Allanite-(Ce) Biotite Almandine Clinoamphibole (“hornblende”) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SETTING OF THE GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF NEW YORK STATE, USA Marian V. LUPULESCU§ Research and Collections, New...New York State Museum, Albany, New York 12230, USA Jeffrey R. CHIARENZELLI Department of Geology, St...13617, USA David G. BAILEY Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York 13323, USA Abstract...mlupules@mail.nysed.gov Bedford in Westchester County around 1878 (Newland 1905). The second stage of...largest being a 2.5 kg crystal from the Baylis quarry), beryl, chrysoberyl, amazonitic microcline, sillimanite |  | | Journal (volume) | | Sell William J. Trost Edward H. Wilk, Warren Cummings (assistant) John L. Baum John Cianciulli Richard...Ferroaxinite and Heulandite from the Lime Crest Quarry Warren Cummings 30 Monazite-(Ce) from the Buckwheat Dolomite...9:00 A.M.- Noon ~ F.O.M.S. Field Trip --^Franklin Quarry, Cork Hill Rd., Franklin 1:30 P. Ml- 3:00 P;K—...to 3:00 P.M. — F.O.M.S. Field Trip — Lime Crest quarry, Limecrest Rpa||||l Sparta, N.J. This is an invitational...9:00 A.M.tp Noon — F.O.M.S. Field Tri|P Franklin Quarry, Cork Hill Ri, Franklin, -'* 1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Appalachian MounFigure 2 (above left). Almandine in plagioclase and hornblende matrix, Barton garnet...north wall of pit no. 1, Gore Mountain, Warren County, New York. William Kelly photo. Figure 3 (left)...magnetite crystals, 12.7 cm wide, Mineville, Essex County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Jeff...on tremolite, 6 cm wide, Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Kenneth...on diopside, 11 cm high, Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Robert |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | Tsikouras, Basilios, Pe-Piper, Georgia, Piper, David J.W., Schaffer, Michael (2011) Varietal heavy mineral analysis of sediment provenance, Lower Cretaceous Scotian Basin, eastern Canada. Sedimentary Geology, 237 (3) 150-165 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.02.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mesozoic–Cenozoic passive margin basin (Jansa and Wade, 1975; Cummings and Arnott, 2005). Understanding detrital sources...are predominantly deltaic (Jansa and Wade, 1975; Cummings and Arnott, 2005) with much higher rates of sandy...range of almost complete solid solution between almandine and spessartine, and some garnets with significant...three types of almandine: Ca–Mg-almandine (Type 1 in Fig. A2-1 in Appendix 2 online; almandine with prominent...lesser grossular substitutions), Ca–Mn-almandine (Type 2; almandine with prominent grossular and spessartine |  | | Report (issue) | | Pampa 7 Walker 7 Caliente 8 Comanche 8 Cummings 9 Loop 9 Tweedy - 10 Mountain Park Cameron...following appoximate end-member molecule composition: Almandine Pyrope Grossularite Spessartite Andradite 63...much larger inclusion swarm of the Loop area* Cummings A thin disrupted arcuate belt of mafic rocks extends...extends for some 10 km east and southeast of Cummings Valley. Petrographic notes for selected samples...body is a somewhat dismembered equivalent of the Cummings belt? A hypersthene granulite specimen from streaky |  | | Book | | pyrope properties Bibliography 50 50 4 Almandine 52 Modern almandine chemistry: Fe 3 Alz(SiO4h Optical and...properties 57 Almandine absorption spectra 58 Almandine colours 59 Almandine inclusions 60 Almandine sizes 62...62 Almandine occurrence 63 Almandine sources 63 Almandine phenomena stones 65 Summary of almandine properties...75 Other pyrope-almandine intermediates ('Pyrandine') 76 Intermediate pyrope-almandine and pyrope-spessartite...Rl (range) Dispersio11 SG (range) Hardness Almandine 1.780-1.820 0.027 3.95-4.30 7½ Andradite 1 |  | | Report (volume) | | Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | garnets are in part colourless and in part pink (almandine) and all of them have an etched appearance consequent...N. Wales. AGE OF THE CONGLOMERATE Dr. Robert Cummings has examined and identified the foraminifera from...Parker), Calcisphaera sp., Endorhyra cf. davisella Cummings MS, Endorhyra cf. spiroides Zeller, Endorhyranopsik...Tetrataxis af€. eominima Rauser-Chernoussova. Dr. Cummings suggests that on the basis of the foraminifera...marked. The author wishes to thank Dr. Robert Cummings for the identification of foraminifera and Professor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre...from the Dex ter quarry (originally Hackleton's Rock) at Lincoln, Provi dence County, in 1640. Limestone |  | | Journal (issue) | | CHAIRPERSONS Auditing William J. Trost Field Trip Warren Cummings Historical John L. Baum Mineral Exchange Richard...Betancourt, Dr. Pete Dunn, Paul Moore, Warren Cummings, Dr. Earl R.Verbeek, Richard Volkert, John Jaszczak...Field Trip — Collecting at the Braen quarry (a.k.a. Franklin quarry), Cork Hill Road, Franklin, New Jersey...permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area. For museum members...The reputed Indian Silver Mine in the Limecrest Quarry is discredited. • Specimens of margarosanite from |
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